Cord terminal for mask fasteners



July, 17, 1923- G. A. HANFT I CORD TERMINAL FOR MASK FASTENERS FiledDec. 4, 1922 I ATTORNEYS unit r GrEQBGrE A. HANFT, OF IRVINGTON} NEW 31Eit h s Y lissienon To nnwenn MASK o0.

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Application filed December 4%, 1522. Serial No. 604,719.

To all QU/JO'LZ it may concern.

. c A de it known that l tjnonon i citizen of the United ti tates and aresident ot' .irvington, in the county of llssex'and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cord" Terminals forMask Fasteners and the like, of which the following is a specific .tionoThis inventionrelates in general to means for connecting a terminalmember to a cord, wire, or the like and more particularly to a terminalpiece for securing or expensive in construction and which can be easilyand quickly connected to a cord, wire, or the like, and to obtain otherresults and advantages may he brought out by the following description.

Referring: to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate the same parts throughout the several views, i

.l igure 11. is a perspective view of a mask fastener provided with twoor" the terminal or coupling members embodying; the in vention p Figure2 is an enlarged plan view of one ot the terminal or couplinginen'ibersg Figure 3 is a perspective view of one side oi the couplino'member showing a cord or elastic connected thereto;

Figure 4: is a siniilar view of the o1'ngositel side of the coiiplingmember; s

Figure 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken 'onthe line 0-of l lig. 1, and liig'ure 6 is an enlarged transverse sectional viewtalten on the line. (3'45 Fig. 1. In the embodiment (it the inventionshown on the drawii member comprises blank of sheet metal including; abody portion 1 provided at one.

end with a longitudinally projecting narrow tongue 2. The body portion 1has struck up on the lines 3and from one side thereof two oppositelydisposed ears 5, said .[1 A NET, a.

or terminal member to a cord,

, the coupling or terminal ears extending longitudinally of the bodyportion w th their ad acent edges disposed on substantially the centralinedlan llne of the coupling. The adjacent free edges of the ears arealso spaced outwardly fromthe side of the body poition as clearly shownin Figures 3, 5, and Spend an opening 6 is formed in the body portion bythe lines 3 at the ends of the ears and the junction points'of the earswith the body portion.

In applying the coupling or terminal member to anelastic cord or thelike 7, one end of the cord is slipped beneath the earso so as tooverlap the ends 3 of the opening (3. clearly shown in Figures 3 and 5.The

ears 5 arethen pressed downwardly toward the body portion. which actionforces a portionot the cord beneath the cars into the opening ,6 andcauses a tight engagement of the cord with the ends of the opening 6 andthe ends v0t the gear nectod, the cord is securely held against de- Thenthus coninnate" tachinentfrom the coupling regardless of thelongitudinal tension on the cord. The tern'unal orcouphng member 1s thenconnected to the mask A in the well-known manner by forcing the tongues2 through the margin of the inask and returning said y tonpues uponthemselves, as clearly shown in Figure 5.

While I have shown and described my invention in connection with acoupling member for mask fasteners, it will be understood that it isadapted for use in many ther terminal or coupling devices, for instancehalo and package ties, electrical cord terminals. electric batteryconnectors, and the like. It will be understood that the form of theinvention shown onthe drawings 18 merely for the purpose of:illustrating the principles of the, invention, and that manymodifications andchangi-is can be made in the detail construction anduse of the invention without departinai fronithe spirit or scopethereof. Therefore, I do not desire to be understood as limiting" myselferrcept as'required by the following; claim when construed in the liohtoii the prior art I claim is: y i

A device of the character described including a flat sheet metal bodyportion having a pair of oppositely disposed substan- Having thusdescribedthe invention, what v tially parallel ears stamped therefrom toform an opening having one ofrs'aid ears'at each of two opposite sidesthereof, said ears being so arranged that their adjacent 5 edges are inspacedrelation to one side of said body portion and are adapted tosubstantially meet in the plane of the body portion, and a cordoverlying said opening beneath said ears, sa dears being pressed towardsaid body portion tightly against GEORGE A. HANFT.

